We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

The greatest prayer is patience.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.